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138 free ABBA trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
50 free ABBA trivia questions with answers. Are you a true ABBA fan? Dive into our exciting ABBA trivia quiz and discover how well you know the legendary Swedish pop group that dominated the music scene in the 1970s. From their unforgettable hits like 'Dancing Queen' and 'Mamma Mia' to behind-the-scenes facts about the band members, this quiz will put your ABBA expertise to the test.
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Q 01In which country was ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad born?
Norway
Norway was home only briefly: Frida was born in Ballangen in November 1945 and was taken to Sweden at 18 months; her mother, who followed, died soon afterwards.
Q 02Which ballad did ABBA nearly enter for Eurovision in 1974 before choosing a livelier song?
Hasta Mañana
Hasta Mañana looked the safer bet because it resembled earlier Eurovision winners, but only Agnetha sang lead on it, so the group chose the song that featured both women.
Q 03ABBA gained international fame after winning the Eurovision Song Contest with which song in 1974?
Waterloo
Waterloo exists in four languages: ABBA cut it in Swedish and English, then added German and French versions in the spring of 1974 for the European market.
Q 04Which 1977 ABBA LP included 'Take a Chance on Me' and 'The Name of the Game'?
The Album
The Album closed with three songs from a mini-musical ABBA had staged on their 1977 tour, and it reached the shops alongside the group's feature film.
Q 05Benny and Björn's Chess opened in 1986 in a London theatre just vacated by which long-running musical?
Evita
Evita closed there in February 1986 and Chess opened that May; Trevor Nunn had stepped in to direct after Michael Bennett, who cast the show and ordered its sets, withdrew through illness.
Q 06Which ABBA UK number one grew out of a 'tck-a-ch' rhythm Björn chanted while out running?
Take a Chance on Me
Take a Chance on Me began as the sound Björn made to pace his runs; the syllables turned into the title phrase, and he wrote the rest of the lyric around it.
Q 07Which future star represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest that ABBA won?
Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John finished joint fourth with 'Long Live Love', though her own favourite among the songs offered to her had only been runner-up in the British selection.
Q 08What do ABBA's four letters stand for?
The first letters of the members' first names
The first letters of the members' first names: Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid. Their manager coined it in 1973 because billing all four names in full had become unwieldy.
Q 09Which ABBA song was first recorded in Swedish by Frida for her 1975 solo album?
Fernando
Fernando began as a Swedish love song in which the singer consoles a heartbroken friend; for ABBA's version Björn rewrote it as two old soldiers recalling a long-ago war.
Q 10In the stage musical built on ABBA's songs, what was Donna's old girl group with Rosie and Tanya called?
Donna and the Dynamos
Donna and the Dynamos reunite at the hen party in their old stage costumes, belting out an ABBA number just as Sophie's three possible fathers wander in.
Q 11What was the title of ABBA's debut studio album, released in 1973?
Ring Ring
Ring Ring took its name from a song that had just finished only third in Sweden's Eurovision selection, yet the single and album became the group's first big hits at home.
Q 12Which Stockholm studio did ABBA open in a converted cinema in 1978 and use for three albums?
Polar Studios
Polar Studios, set up with the group's manager in a disused cinema, stayed open until 2004; visiting rock bands hired it, and all four members kept using it for their solo records.
Q 13Which lyricist co-wrote the lyrics of the musical Chess with Björn Ulvaeus?
Tim Rice
Tim Rice shared the lyric-writing with Björn; as with his earlier hit shows, a concept album came out first, in 1984, to help raise the money for a stage production.
Q 21Frida grew up believing which relative had died in the Second World War, only to meet him in 1977?
Her father
Her father, a German soldier, was thought lost when his ship sank on the way home; a 1977 magazine profile of Frida led his family to recognise the story and get in touch.
Q 22What was the subject of the first song Agnetha Fältskog wrote, at the age of six?
Two little trolls
Two little trolls: 'Två små troll' came years before the piano lessons and dance-band work, and by 17 she had written the song that became her debut single.
Q 23Which manager encouraged Björn and Benny's early songwriting and went on to manage ABBA?
Stig Anderson
Q 14Which actress played Donna's daughter Sophie in the 2008 film of the ABBA stage musical?
Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Seyfried was one of hundreds of young women auditioned for Sophie, well-known names among them; the director said it was her singing voice that set her apart.
Q 15Which 1992 compilation became one of ABBA's best-selling albums and drove their revival?
Gold: Greatest Hits
Gold: Greatest Hits has sold more than 30 million copies; it arrived just as cover versions and film soundtracks were bringing ABBA's songs back into fashion.
Q 16ABBA's 1981 album The Visitors was among the very first albums manufactured in which new format?
Compact disc
Compact disc pressing began in 1982, and The Visitors, one of the first albums recorded and mixed digitally, was among the earliest titles pressed, though a Billy Joel album reached the shops first.
Q 17What kind of business did Benny Andersson open at Stockholm's Mariatorget in 2003?
A hotel
A hotel: Benny bought the old Hotel Aston and the Rival cinema next door in 2002 and reopened them as Hotel Rival, later recording a single with its staff.
Q 18Which 1975 single put ABBA back in the UK top ten after their post-Eurovision slump?
SOS
SOS reached number six in Britain some 18 months after the Eurovision win; until then the contest's stigma had made it hard for the group to be taken seriously.
Q 19On the future ABBA's first US single, Agnetha and Frida were billed as 'Svenska Flicka', meaning what?
Swedish girl
Swedish girl: the label read 'Björn & Benny (with Svenska Flicka)', leaving two singers with solo careers of their own unnamed on the record.
Q 20Which ABBA video was filmed inside the group's own studio, showing them apparently recording the track?
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)' was written to give ABBA's 1979 tour and second hits collection a new single; its video shows the four at work in their own studio.
Stig Anderson also wrote lyrics for many of ABBA's early hits; in 1989 he sold the group's label and used part of the proceeds to found an international music prize.
Q 24Which ABBA album became the UK's best-selling album of its year despite arriving only in November?
Super Trouper
Super Trouper needed only the last weeks of 1980 to outsell every rival in Britain; its title song was the final track written and recorded for the album.
Q 25Which Swedish actor played Bill, one of Sophie's three possible fathers, in the 2008 film of the ABBA musical?
Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård's Bill is a Swede only on screen: in the original stage show the same character is an Australian writer and adventurer called Bill Austin.
Q 26Which folk group did Björn Ulvaeus front before ABBA?
The Hootenanny Singers
The Hootenanny Singers began as the West Bay Singers in Björn's home town; a 1963 radio talent contest brought them a record deal, a new name and a run of Swedish hits.
Q 27At which London venue was ABBA's 1979 concert recorded for a live album finally released in 2014?
Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena hosted the shows in November 1979, filmed at the time for a TV special; the tapes then waited 35 years before a complete ABBA concert finally reached the shops.
Q 28Which instrument plays the tick-tock opening hook of ABBA's 'Mamma Mia'?
Marimba
Marimba: Benny found one lying in the studio, tried it out of curiosity and liked the ticking sound so much that it became the song's signature.
Q 29Which children's TV characters starred in the interval film at the 1974 Eurovision contest ABBA won?
The Wombles
The Wombles, then also a chart act as a novelty pop band, were filmed at spots around Brighton for a pre-recorded montage shown between the songs and the voting.
Q 30The permanent ABBA exhibition that opened in 2013 was inspired by a museum devoted to which other band?
The Beatles
The Beatles' museum in Liverpool was the founders' model when they announced their plan in 2006; meant to open in 2008, the Stockholm exhibition finally arrived five years late.